Monday, February 11, 2008

Black History Month: More Firsts

In 2002 René Syler became the first African-American woman to host a network morning news program as co-anchor for The Early Show on CBS. Syler deftly handled news stories and conducted interviews with both celebrities and political heavy-weights, and she won a top journalism honor for her 2003 series on breast-cancer awareness after her own health scare.